A protest at a Tesla location in Florida was disrupted Saturday when a man drove into the crowd.
A suspect was arrested at the scene and there were no injuries, according to police.
Law enforcement tells the AP that the suspect, Andrew Dutil, allegedly drove his Nissan Pathfinder at a slow speed onto the sidewalk and directly into the group of demonstrators before coming to a stop and exiting the vehicle.
Reports indicate Dutil claimed to be an employee of the Tesla showroom where the protests were taking place.
“He drove into a crowd of senior citizens,” said Mark Offerman of the Democratic Progressive Caucus Palm Beach County about the driver. “Everybody was able to move out, but two older women were really almost clipped. We immediately called the cops.”
The AP adds that “Dutil was arrested and faces an assault charge, according to court records.”
At least one individual associated with the group “Tesla Takedown” posted on social media about the incident.
In response to CEO Elon Musk supporting President Donald Trump during the election and slashing budgets and personnel through DOGE over the last several weeks, protests and acts of vandalism and violence have broken out both at Tesla locations and against individual vehicle owners across the country.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has labeled the incidents domestic terrorism.
I’d arrest the protestors, after allowing the Pathfinder driver to drive back & forth over their feet a few times!
arrest george. party over.
Allied with protestors since Both damage Tesla shop
Bet none of those protesting Musk have destroyed their Skylink modems and cancelled their subscriptions.
Protesting a USA car manufacturer and a car the average person would probably not buy or drive is ridiculous. You are not punishing Musk. He already sold the cars to the dealership and in turn, the dealership to the consumers
Ford motor company has said he believes Trump and Musk want to strengthen the USA car manufacturing industry. Btw, the new electric mustang is outselling the has mustang.
So the only ones really affected are the consumer, you know, other American citizens.
I hope these nut cases do end up on prison terms of at least 5 years no probation.
Why is the democrat party all about DESTRUCTION????
Man did not drive a Tesla into protest crowd. Are there no Editors anywhere? He was driving a Pathfinder SUV. headline should read ” Tesla employee drives his car into protest crowd at Dealership”
There are never editors (or even proofreaders) at this or similar sites. I am available and qualified. For a fair wage, of course.
If I were the Prez I would station NG troops at every Tesla dealer in America, with tear gas and rubber bullets, but a mags of the real deal if needed.